Poultry-nest.



No. 876,916. PATENTED JAN.14, 1908. V J. A. SEGREST.

POULTRY NEST. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1907.

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a covering forming a receptacle which is pref- I 5 on the lower face T 0all whom it may concern;

same is occupied by a fowl so that other 'vided with a floor section 3which is pivotally JOHN A. SEC REST, OF LANGDON,

KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TO JOHN L. DUNOAT-i.

ONE-FIFTH TO CHARLES K. MAUGK, ONE-FIF'IH TO BAR'IER E. COLE, ANDONE-FIFTH 'lU HANCE B. FERGUSON, OF LANGDON, KANSAS.

POULTRY-NEST.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14,1908.

I Application filed March 20. 1907. Serial No. 363.496.

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. SEoREsT, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Langdon, in the county of Iteno and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Nests; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and .useful improvements in poultry nestsand my object is to provide means for automatically closing the entranceto the nest when the poultry cannot gain access to the nest when thesame is occupied. A further object is to provide means for gaining readyaccess to the nest.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims. x

In the accompanying drawings which are apart of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of my improved poultry nest completeshowing the same open. Fig. 2' is a longitudinal vertical sectional viewthereof. Fig. 3.is a transverse sectional view as seen on line 33 Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal central sectional view showing the nest occupied by a fowl and showing the parts of the nest in their closedposition. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view showing the manner ofproviding a plurality of nests under one cover. Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view of-the bottom of the nest removed and, Fig. 7 is adetail perspective view showing a slightly different manner of securingthe floor to the closure for the nest.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the sidewalls of my improved nest and 2 the covering therefor, said side wallsand,

erably oblong in general outline and ispromounted between the sidewalls1 and slightly above the lower edges thereof, the pivot points 4 forsaid iloo ".w eing directedthrough the side walls 1 andf a asemicircular block I .the floor, said pivot j will be readily pointsbeing. located adjacent the longitudinal center of the floor and towardsthe rear thereof. Mounted upon the rear end of the floor 3 is a nestproper 6, said nest being so located that when occupied by the fowl theforward end of the floor will be elevated and in order to automaticallyclose the entrance to the receptacleI provide a gate which is preferablyconstructed of slats or bars of wood 7, said slats being secured attheir upper ends to a .bar 8, which ispivotally mounted between the sidewalls 1 adjacent the upper edges thereof by means of pivot points 10,said pivot points being directed through the side walls 1 and partlyinto the bar 8, and in order to operate the gate with the tilting of thefioor 3, I provide a pitman ,9, the lower end of which is pivotallysecured to the forward end of the floor while the opposite end 7 thereofis secured to the bar 8 and it will be seen that when the forward end ofthe floor is elevated, the gate will be lowered and the entrance to thereceptacle closed.

The bar 8 is so. arranged that it serves as a.

balance weight and by providing the pivot points 10 thereof adjacentoneedge of the bar, the weight of said bar will be at one side of thepivot point so that as soon as the fowl leaves the nest 6, the weight ofthe bar will elevate the gate and lower the outer end of the floor 3thereby allowing the fowl to leave the receptacle.

In Fig. 7 of the drawing I have shown the pitman as secured to the uppersurface of the floor 3 while in the remainder of the figures I haveshown the pitman as secured to one edge of the floorand it will beunderstood that either form may be used aswill best suit the occasionand in Fig. 6 of'the drawings I have shown a cup 11 mounted upon thefloor which is adapted to contain stone, sand, earth or other likesubstance to serve as an additional weight to balance the nest, theweight of the substance in the cup being made heavier or lighteraccording to the weight of the eggs'in the nest.

I preferably )lace each nest in a separate receptacle so ti moved fromplace to place as desired but it the nests may be placed side by sideand separated by partitions 12 as best shown in Fig.6 thereby disposinga plurality of nests 106 wt saidreceptacles may be understood that aseries of under one cover and when the nests are so! I arranged Idispense with the pivot pins 4 and direct laterally through the sidewalls 1 and partitions 12, a rod 13, upon whichthe plu- I ralityof'floor sections 3 find bearings and thereby obviating becomingmisplaced.

space.

the cover 2 to. the rear end 1 the floor section, the protruding ends ofthe rod being bent, upwardly parallel with the end walls andsecured'thereto by staples 15, any possibilityj'of the rod Asthe nest 6is placedjat the rear end of the receptacle and not readily accessiblefrom the openend theredf I hingedly secure 6 of the recept-hat byswingtacle by means "of hinges 17 so access may be I ing said coverupwardly ready had to' the nest.

It will now be seen that I have provided avery cheap and economical formof nest for poultry and one that may be automatically operated by thefowl to close the entrance to, the same so that when the nest isoccupied otherfowls cannot enter the receptacle. It will further be seenthat .I have provided means for gaining access to the nest even'Whenoccupied by the fowl and it will further be seen that a pluralityof nests may be provided and placed under one cover so that anumb'er-of-nests will occupy but a very small.

WhatIclaimis: l y a v 1 In a device of the class described, thecombination with a receptacle; of a fl0or--pivotally mounted in saidreceptacle and extending'the full length thereof the pivot point of saidfloor bein nearer thev rear end thereot, a nest mounte on the inner endof said floor, a cup at the forward end of said ofthe bar, whereby theweight of said bar 50 a pitman pivotally secured between the forwill beatone side of-the pivot point thereof,

ward end of the floor and the edge of the bar opposite the pivot pointthereof, whereby when the nest is occupied, the fioor'will be swung uponits pivot point and the gate closed. I v In testimony whereof I havesigned my nameto this specification in the presence of twosubscribingwitnesses.

JOHN A. SECREST.

Witnessesz I O. K. MAUoK, J. L. DUNCAN. 4

